Siskel & Ebert Review The Films of... Saturday Night Live

[@Vanilla_Skynet]

This is a chronological compilation of Siskel & Ebert reviewing the films of Saturday Night Live I only included the films attributed directly to SNL sketches. This is not a compilation of Lorne Michaels productions or simply movies starring members of the cast Here's what we have: 0:36 The Blues Brothers 2:31 Wayne's World 6:27 Coneheads 9:31 Wayne's World 2 11:07 Coneheads (again) 13:18 Stuart Saves His Family 17:24 Blues Brothers 2000 19:49 A Night at the Roxbury 21:54 Superstar 24:33 The Ladies Man From what I could gather, I don't think they ever reviewed It's Pat: The Movie (1994), even in print Ebert is featured in all of them, while Siskel is absent for a couple. Primarily for educational purposes, but enjoy however you see fit! For more of this series: kzbin.info/aero/PLjog8SEXXlNV9hSA2USQDeuz-Njrkhuar&si=9MBkX8IAqz2l-B1b

[@raywallacefan7786]

One you may have missed is Mr. Saturday Night, the 1992 Billy Crystal film based on a character he played on SNL during the 1984-85 season. Of course, that was not a Lorne Michaels season, so maybe you left that off intentionally.

[@sebastianmejia2198]

Isn’t Bob Roberts also an SNL movie?

[@raywallacefan7786]

@@sebastianmejia2198 Yeah, Tim Robbins played Bob Roberts in a filmed segment on SNL during the 1986-87 season. Although Robbins was never a cast member.

[@Vanilla_Skynet]

They only have a Cannes blurb about Bob Roberts, unfortunately, but you're right. That and Mr Saturday Night would have been worth including, if I wanted to expand this

[@BDUBZ49]

@@Vanilla_Skynet I had no idea Bob Roberts was an SNL sketch. Mr. Saturday Night's title character Buddy Young, Jr. did appear on SNL 3 or 4 times, but was created by Crystal and performed on his HBO special a year before joining SNL. Also..the film came out 6 years after he left SNL and wasn't attached to the show in any way. Also possibly deserving a mention at the end would be MacGruber (2013)- the last SNL film..although Ebert had long since retired from the show by then.

[@alexsandell8260]

I get sad every time I watch what I leave when Siskel starts looking so bad and sick and then, almost inevitably, the next review is Ebert with some other guest. I loved these guys.

[@Vanilla_Skynet]

Always a bummer

[@BDUBZ49]

Mike Myers created and performed the Wayne Campbell character several times on Canadian tv before he auditioned for SNL. The "Wayne's World" concept did originate on the show, though. Co-writing the movie with Myers were the incredible team of Bonnie and Terry Turner.

[@AbeStephan]

I wish they were here for the new docucomedy about Saturday Night Live .

[@endtimessupportgroup5685]

Right from the beginning Ebert doesn't get the joke. "If it's funny to have one squad car crash...' it's not. It's funny to have 50 crash

[@arciem1959]

Another reason you were not going to find a review of It's Pat: The film was released in only 33 theatres in three cities in the United States. Those poor 33 theatres and three cities.

[@Davesky19]

EBERT: “If it’s funny to have one squad car run into another squad car, it’s not necessarily funny to have 20 squad cars run into 20 other squad cars.” Literally one of the funniest sight gags in movie history, and Ebert doesn’t get what makes it funny. 🤷🏼‍♂️

[@frankrossi6972]

They also seemed to forget the "mission from God" plot element, i.e., the multiple cop car crashes serve a purpose: to reinforce that God is ensuring they get past the cops to save the orphanage no matter what.

[@branagain]

I’m realizing that I never saw these movies. I liked Wayne’s World and loved Blues Brothers. But I never saw these others.

[@Kmichaelcook87]

How did these two guys ever work together? They detest each other and seem to disagree on almost everything 😂

[@BDUBZ49]

From 1980 to 2000 (20 yrs) 10 films were made. It's been 24 years since the last one. Have there been any SNL characters/sketches that could have been made into a film since 2000? Maybe Stefan going around to all the insane nightclubs he talks about.... or Bill Hader again as the sociopathic game show host? Target Lady?

[@Vanilla_Skynet]

Love this question! I'll have to think about it

[@BDUBZ49]

@@Vanilla_Skynet I forgot about MacGruber (Will Forte, 2013)

[@NickolasNameolas]

Hell yeah

[@iamgoingtodeckyoutwo5966]

1000 squad cars, yeah

[@kevinkuenn5733]

By all means, I understand why the review would be included here, but technically The Blues Brothers isn't an SNL movie. Lorne Michales and Broadway Video didn't produce it, and has no rights to the characters.

[@Vanilla_Skynet]

Yeah I had to make a choice regarding those Even though I already made a John Landis compilation, I included them mostly because they would be expected

[@sha11235]

I don't think the second Wayne's World was that good.

[@trevour]

Not as good as the first, but still one of the better SNL-based films. Even as a sequel!